I-95 Bridge Collapse Sends Cars Into River

Published: June 28, 1983

At least two tractor-trailer trucks and two passenger cars went into the Mianus River early this morning when a Connecticut Turnpike bridge over it collapsed, the Connecticut state police said.

It was unclear whether there were any fatalities connected with the collapse of two or three eastbound lanes of I-95 around 1:30 A.M. at the Greenwich crossing.

But there were reports that two people had been picked up alive by boats, according to a state police spokesman.

Early this morning, as divers prepared to enter the river and other workers attempted to shore up the remaining sections of the bridge, Trooper John McLeod, the spokesman, said that all traffic on the bridge had been halted and that repairs would take days or weeks.